Rizal as a Traveller

(1882 -1892)
 The Travels of Jose Rizal

America England Japan

Germany Macao
Italy

Spain
France Belgium Hong Kong
Yemen
Sri Lanka
Philippines
Singapore

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 The Travels of Jose Rizal

Dominant themes of Rizal’s activities in his travels:

● Academic Purpose

● Leisure

● Nationalistic Purpose

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 Philippines
May 1,1882
1882 - Rizal began writing farewell letters to his friends and
families
May 3, 1882
- Rizal left Philippines for the first time. He boarded the
Salvadora using a passport of Jose Mercado.
Singapore
May 9, 1882
- - SS Salvadora docked in Singapore and stayed in Hotel
dela Paz

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Hotel dela Paz

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 Colombo, Sri Lanka
May 17, 1882
1882 - Rizal arrived at Punta
de Gales to go to
Colombo and Rizal
Wrote on his travel
diary: “ The General
appearance of Punta de
Gales is picturesque
but lonely and quiet
and at the same time
sad.”

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 Aden, Yemen
May 27, 1882
1882 - He landed at Aden, Yemen at about 8:30. He made
observation at that time.

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 June 2, 1882
1882 - He arrived at the Suez Canal en route to Marseilles. Rizal
was impressed in the beautiful moonlight which
reminded him of Calamba and his family.

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 Naples, Italy
June 11, 1882
1882 - Rizal disembarked and accompanied by a guide, went
around the City of Naples for one hour, This was the first
European ground he set foot on.

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 Marseille, France
June 12, 1882
1882 - At 10 o’clock in
the evening, the
boat anchored at
Marseilles. He
slept on board.

- Rizal visited the

famous chateau
d’If.

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 Barcelona Spain
June 15, 1882
1882 - He left Marseilles for Barcelona in an express train.
June 16, 1882
- At 12:00 noon, Rizal arrived at Barcelona and boarded in
the Fonda De España.

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 Barcelona Spain
August 20, 1882
1882 - His article “Amor Patrio” (Love of Country)was
published in the Diarong Tagalog.
- This was the first article he wrote in abroad.
- Los Viajes ( The Travels) and, Revista de Madrid (Review
of Madrid.

Amor Patrio
- Nationalistic essay, Rizal’s first article written on
Spain’s soil, Under his pen name Laong Laan.

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 Madrid, Spain
September 2, 1882
1882 - Rizal moved to Madrid
October 4, 1882
- Ask to deliver a poem by the members of Circulo Hispano-
Filipino, Rizal recited “Me piden versus”.
November 3, 1882
- Rizal enrolled at the Universidad Central de Madrid, In two
courses - Medicine and Philosophy and Letters
November 7, 1882
- Rizal wrote an article entitled “Las Dulas”. The article was
signed Laong-Laan

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 Madrid, Spain
Academy of Fine Arts of San
1882 Fernando
- Rizal studied painting and
sculpture
- Under private instruction
he took lessons in French ,
German and English.
- He practiced fencing and
shooting at the Halls of
Arms in Sanz y Carbonell

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 Paris, France
March 1883
1883 - Rizal join masonic lodge called acacia.
June 18, 1883
- With Felipe Zamora and Cunanan, he visited the
Leannec Hospital to observe how Dr. Nicaise treated his
parents.
June 19, 1883
- He again visited Dr. Nicaise who showed the technique
of operation.
- Later he went to see Dupuytren Museum.

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 Paris, France
- Laennec hospital
1883

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 Paris, France
June 20, 1883
1883 - Rizal visited the Lariboisiere Hospital where Felix Pardo
de Tavera was an extern.
-He observed the examination of different diseases of
women
September 28, 1883
- He enrolled at the Central Universidad de Madrid for the
second course in medicine.
October 1883
- He came to know of the imprisonment, by order of Sr.
Vicente Barrantes, of the 14 rich innocent persons in Manila
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 Paris, France
Lariboisière Hospital
1883

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 - He observed the examination of different diseases of
women
1883 Madrid, Spain
September 28, 1883
- He enrolled at the Central Universidad de Madrid for the
second course in medicine.
October 1883
- He came to know of the imprisonment, by order of Sr.
Vicente Barrantes, of the 14 rich innocent persons in Manila

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 Madrid, Spain
January 2, 1884
1884 - Rizal proposed to the member of the Circulo assembled in
the house of the Pateros, the publication of a book by
association.
- This idea became the embryo of this first novel, Noli Me
Tangere.
June 21, 1884
- He finished the degree of Licientiate in Medicine with the
grade of aprobado from the Central Universidad de Madrid.

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 June 25, 1884
- Rizal won the first prize in Greek contest (lamoe henbsa y mi
1884 lamoe mede qua vinas mo domasi), after which he delivered a
speech in honor of the two Filipino painters, Juan Luna and Felix
Resurreccion Hidalgo.
June 26, 1884
- He took an examination in Universal History, 2nd course. He
grade of "excellent."
July 1, 1884
- Rizal explained the term “Filibusterismo” in the newspaper of
Madrid El Progreso, calling the attention of the Spanish authorities
over the case of future of the Filipinos.

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 Spoliarium by Juan Luna
(1884)
Oil on Canvas

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Felix Resurrección Hidalgo
(1884)
Oil on Canvas

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 August 31, 1884
- The popularity of his speech delivered during the Luna-Hidalgo
1884 banquet held in Madrid, reached the Philippines via two ways: one
thru the draft Rizal sent to Antonio Rivera and the other thru the
periodicals he sent to his friends.
November 20, 1884
- Rizal witnessed the tumultuous scene in the Central Universidad
de Madrid where the students and professors staged a strike against
excommunication imposed by the bishop on the lecture
proclaiming the freedom of science and of the teacher

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 Heidelberg, Germany
Chess Player’s Club
1886 Rizal became a member of this club for
being a good chess player.
University Eye Hospital
Rizal worked at the university under
the direction of Dr. Otto Becker
April 22, 1886
Rizal wrote the poem “A Las Flores de
Heidelberg”.

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 Heidelberg, Germany
1886 July 31, 1886
Rizal wrote his first german letter to
Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
Leipzig, Germany
In Leipzig, Rizal translated
Schiller’s William Tell from
german into tagalog. He also
worked there as proofreader.

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 Dresden, Germany
October 29, 1886
1886 Rizal left Leipzig for Dresden
where he met Dr. Adolph B.
Meyer.
Berlin, Germany
November 1886
Rizal arrived in Berlin where he
met Dr. Feodor Jagor and Dr.
Rudolf Virchow.

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 Berlin, Germany
March 21, 1887
1887 - He published his 1st novel the Noli Me tangere, in the
printing house named Berliner Buchcdrukei Action
Gesselchaft.
- Copies of his novel came off the press. He sent one copy to
Prof. Blumentritt, Dr. Antonio Jaena, Mariano Ponce, and Felix
R. Hidalgo, Rizal’s close friends.
- As a token of gratitude, Rizal gave Viola the galley of proofs of
Noli to Viola carefully rolled around the pen he used in
writing.
- In a letter to his Austrian friend, he say it was the first
impartial and daring book to be written on the life of the
Tagalogs.
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 Berlin, Germany
May 11, 1887
1887 ● Grand Tour of Europe with Viola
○ They visited different places in Europe like:
■ Dresden
■ Leitmeritz
■ Prague
■ Vienna
■ Danube river - may 24, 1887
■ Munich
■ Nuremberg
■ Ulm
■ stuttgart

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 Berlin, Germany
June 23, 1887
1887 - Jose and Maximo parted ways, Jose went to Italy and Maximo
returned in Spain.

June 27, 1887

- he arrived in Rome, where he called it “The City of Caesar.”

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 First Homecoming
July 3, 1887
1887 - Rizal took the train from Rome to Marseilles and boarded the
steamer Djemnah

July 30, 1887

- He transferred to Haiphong in Saigon which was bound to
Manila

August 2, 1887
- The steamer set sail from Saigon to Manila

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 Philippines
August 5, 1887
1887 - At 9:00 o’clock in the evening, Rizal arrived at Manila
after five years of study and patriotic labors in Europe.

August 8, 1887
- He returned to Calamba, where he opened a medical
clinic and his first customer is his mother.

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 August 18, 1887
- In a letter, Archbishop P. Payo instructed Fr. Gregorio Echevarria,
1887 rector of the University of Santo Tomas, that an information about
the novel, Noli Me Tangere, be issued by a commission
composed of university professors, Fr. Matias Gomez, Fr.
Norberto del Prado and Fr. Evaristo Fernandez Arias.
August 30, 1887
- He left Calamba for Manila to see Governor-General on the issue
of the Noli Me Tangere which caused torment among the friars
in the Philippines.
- On the same date, the Calustro Universitario formed by the
Rector of Santo Thomas upon the order of the Archbishop of
Manila, issued an order prohibiting the possession and reading
of the Noli Me Tangere.

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 September 1887
- Rizal decided not to leave his family within this year.
1887 - His sister, Olimpia, died of haemorrhage while giving birth
October 19, 1887
- Rizal made a pencil drawing of a sailboat sailing on Laguna Bay,
which he saw with Jose Taviel de Andrade, during an excursion
to Los Banos.
- This letter was sent to Blumentritt
December 29, 1887
- The Permanent Board of Censure headed by Fr. Salvador Font
issued a judgement absolutely prohibiting the circulation of
the Noli Me Tangere in the Philippines.

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 February 3, 1888
- Rizal, after staying in the Philippines
for almost six months, left Manila for
1888 Hongkong, bringing with him 5,000
pesos which he earned from his
medical practice.
Hong Kong
February 19, 1888
- With Jose Maria Basa, Jose Sainz de
Veranda, and some Portuguese, Rizal
left Hongkong for Macao on board the
Kui Kiang.
- Rizal went around for observation,
especially the botanical garden.

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 Macao
- Rizal witnessed a Catholic possession
1888 , in which devotees were dressed in
blue and purple dresses and were
carrying unlighted candles.

Japan
- Juan Perez Caballero secretary of the
Spanish Legation, who visited Rizal at
his hotel who later invited him to live
at the Spanish Legation

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 London,England
Reason of Rizal for staying in London
1888 1. To improve english language
2. To annotate Morga’s Sucesos de las
Islas Filipinas
3. Safe Place to fight against Spanish
tyranny.

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 December 13, 1888
- Establishment of La Solidaridad in
1888 Barcelona

- The president of La Solidaridad was

Rizal's cousin, Galicano Apacible.
Among the other officers were
Graciano Lopez-Jaena, vice-
president, and Mariano Ponce,
treasurer. Rizal, in London at the
time, was named Honorary
President.

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 Madrid, Spain
February 2, 1890
1890 - Rizal arrive to brussel from paris
June 28, 1890
- persecution against rizal family calamba
intensified
18 July 1890
- Rizal received from Mariano Ponce, who was in
Barcelona, 125 francs. The money arrived at a time
when Rizal had just one franc left in his pocket for his
existence in Brussels. He planned to go to Madrid.
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 Madrid, Spain

1890 - In a letter he promised to Marcelo H. del Pilar that the was

leaving Brussels before the end of the month. He wanted
to present before the Supreme Court in Madrid the lawsuit
against the friars of Calamba
Article that rizal publish during 1890
➢ Excelmo., Señor Don Vicen Barrantes
➢ Filipinas en el congreso
➢ Sobre la nueva ortografia de la lengua tagala
➢ Seamos justos
➢ Cosas de Filipina
➢ Mas sobre el asunto de Negros
➢ Sobre la indolencia
➢ Una Esperanza

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 Madrid, Spain
Article that rizal publish during 1890
1890 "Excelmo., Señor Don Vicen Barrantes

"Filipinas en el congreso"

"Sobre la nueva ortografia de la lengua tagala

Seamos justos

Cosas de Filipina

Mas sobre el asunto de Negros

"Sobre la indolencia

Una Esperanza

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 Biamitz, France
March 29, 1891
1891 - He finished writing his book El Filibusterismo
Brussels, Belgium
May 1, 1891
- In a letter sent to Basa, Rizal reiterated (again) his desire
to be in Hongkong, reminding the former of the amount he
was borrowing for his fare. He also informed Deodato
Arellano of his plan to move from Europe to either
Hongkong, Philippines or Japan, and to renounce the
receiving of pension from the Propaganda.

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 May 30, 1891
- Rizal set ready for printing 20 chapters of the manuscript of
1891 the El Filibusterismo. He was waiting for an amount to defray
the publication expense.
Ghent, Belgium
July 9, 1891
- He was financially hard up. He did not receive for three
months up to his date any pension from home.
September 1891
- El Fili was published using the donations from Rizal’s
friends.

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 Philippines
June 26, 1892
1892 Rizal arrived in the Philippines from Hongkong
on board the boat Don Juan. In the evening, he
attended the reunion held in the house of Don
Ong-junco, a Chinese mestizo.

July 3, 1892
Rizal had an interview with Governor-General
Despujol. In the evening, he attended a meeting
at a house on Calle Ylaya to discuss the
proposed La Liga Filipina.

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 July 6,1892
1892 Rizal held the last interview with the
Governor-General. The governor-general
confronted him for anti-friar bills
supposedly found in the baggage of his
sister Lucia. He was ordered imprison in
Fort Santiago (from July 6 – 15).

July 15, 1892

At 1:00 in the morning, Rizal was shipped
on board the boat S. S. Cebu to Dapitan.

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